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O. SINGER, Jr., & E. 8v H. SINGER.

BOTTLE WASHER.

No. 350,643. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

771m afforngy.

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SINGER, JR, EMIL SINGER, AND HENRY SINGER, OF PEORIA, ILL.

BOTTLE-WASHER.

sPEci't'rcA-rroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,643,

dated October 12, 1886.

Application filed April 10, 1986. Serial No. 108,451. (No mozlcl.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, Onxnnns SINGER, Jr., EMII. SINoER, and HENRY SINGER,all of Peo ria, in the county of Peoria, State of Illinois,

have invented an Improved Bottle-Vashcr; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention is in the line of bottle-washers in which small solid 1.articles-such as shot-are, in connection with a liquid, keptinstrongly-agitated motion within the bottle until the latter issufficiently cleansed.

This invention particularly relates to the construction of an improvedagitating mech- 1 anism for the bottles, a chuck for readily receivingand releasing the bottles from the agitating mechanism, a reservoir forholding the I shot,- and water ready for each bottle, and means forintroducing the shot and water into the bottles at the commencement ofthe agitation and returning the same to the reservoir at the terminationof the washing operation.

Our mechanism for securing these several features in one complete andsimple apparatus consists, essentially, of a horizontally-reclprocatingframe carrying a shaft adapted to swing vertically or be lockedhorizontally, on which shaft are mounted the boitlechucks and reservoirs having their openings communicating with the mouths of thebottles, said shaft being provided with means for its slow rotation.

In the drawings connected with this application, Figure 1 is a plan viewof our bottlcwashing machine; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same atw:v in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section at y 3 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the horizontal frame, longi tudinall y movable in the ways A, 011 one end of which is mounted theshaft 13, having cranlcarm I3, connected by the pitman B with the saidframe A. Said shaft is revolved by power connected to the pulleys B, orby means of the crank-handle B on the fly-wheel Bi lVithin the frame Ais another frame, D, pivoted thereto 'at D D, and provided with the lockE, for keeping it in a horizontal position. Having bearings at the endsof said frame D is the shaft 0, on which are the means for holding thebottles. The means for holding the bottles consist of the disk L and theelastically-repressible chucks M, made with narrow rims for receivingthe bottoms of the bottles. Said chucks are removable parallel to theshaft 0 by means of their stems M, held 5 in bearings projecting rigidlyfrom said shaft. Springs N, pressing between the stops N and oppositebearings, hold the chuck-faces in contact with the bottles.

From the disk L project. the reservoirs R, parallel to the shaft 0, andopening through said disk. The month of each reservoir we usuallyprovide with a rubber ring, forming circular lips for receiving themouth of a bottle and preventing the leakage of the contents of thereservoir.

At one end of the shaft 0 is the ratchetwhecl F, fast thereon, andpivoted to the frame A is the operatinglever H, provided with the pawlG, engaging with said ratchet-wheel. In 7(, said lever is an elongatedslot, H into which projects a pin from the ways A. As the frame A movesback and forth the pin H" in said slot gives to the lever H a slightoscillation sufficient to enable the pawl G to turn the ratchet 7 5wheel F notch by notch.

The operation of our bottle-washer is as follows: The lock E, whichconsists of a pin passing through the bar of the frame A into a re cessin the frame D, is first made to release the frame D, and the latter ispermitted to swing into a vertical position, as in Fig. 2. To insurethis swing, the pivotal points D of the frame D are located nearer thechuck end of said frame, so. that the center of gravity of the frame andconnected mechanism shall be below said points when the same isin theposition shown in Fig. 1. The frame D being vertical, a quantityof shotis poured into each reservoir, and the latter then filled with water-Bottles are then put in place in the machine by introducing the bottomof each beneath a chuck, M, and pressing the latter up sufficiently topermit the mouth of the bottle to be inserted into the rubber lips R ofthe ms 5 ervoir. There maybe as many reservoirs and chucks as desired;but we usually employ but six, as shown in Fig. 3. The frame D is nowreturned to its horizontal position and locked, and the machinery set inmotion. As soon as the washer begins its reciprocation, the shot andwater in each reservoir is thrown into the bottle connected therewith,and all subsequent motion continually agitates the shot and water in thebottles until the same are entirely clean.

The rotation of the shaft 0, and therefore of the bottles, causes thebottles to have the entire interior lateral walls at one time or otherto be under the agitated shot, and thereby be cleansed completely. Whenthe bottles are washed sufficiently, the lock E is withdrawn and theframe D permitted to swing to its vertical position.

so that when said bottles are removed they are empty. To replenish thewater in the reservoirs, a stream can be directed upon the face of thedisk L, thereby filling the reservoirs and washing away the dirty water.

Vfe are aware that prior to our invention bottle-washers have beenconstructed in which shot and water were inserted into the bottles,which were agitated by being held in chucks adapted to be rotated andreciprocated. \Ve are also aware that there have previously been usedreservoirs adapted to receive shot and water, and provided with meansfor holding the mouths of bottles in contact with the entrances to saidreservoirs for enabling the shot to pass from the reservoirs to thebottles, and vice versa; hence we do not claim the same, broadly.

What we claim asour invention, and for which we desire Letters Patent,is as follows,

to wit:

1. In a bottle-washer, the combination, with a horizontally-movableframe and mechanism for its reciprocation, ofan interior framecenvtrally pivoted to the reciprocating frame, a

lock for rigidly connecting said frames, a shaft mounted on saidinterior frame, a series of reservoirs connectedto said shaft, andchucks for holding the bottles in communication with said reservoirs,substantially as set forth, for the purpose specified.

This causes all the shot and water in the bottles to flow into thereservoirs,

2. Ihe combination of a shaft, a ratchetwheel mounted fast thereon, theobliquely-slot ted lever,,a pawl connected to said lever and engagingwith said ratchet-wheel, a reciprocating frame supporting said shaft andlever, and a fixed pin entering said slot, whereby the reciprocation ofsaid frame can rotate said shaft. v i

3. In a bottle washer, the combination of the reciprocating frame, theinterior frame centrally pivoted thereto, the lock for rigidly connecting said frames, the shaft mounted on said interior frame, theratchet-wheel fast on said shaft, the obliquely-slotted lever and itspawl for rotating said shaft by engagement with said ratchet-wheel, apin projecting from a fixed point into said slot, the reservoirsconnected with said shaft, and the chucks for holding the bottles incommunication with said reservoirs, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. In a bottle washer, the reciprocating frame, the interior framepivoted thereto, the lock for rigidly connecting said frames, the shaftmounted on said interior frame, the ratchet-wheel fast on said shaft,the operatinglever for rotating said shaft, the disk mounted on saidshaft, the reservoirs projecting from said disk parallel to said shaft,and the chucks for holding the bottles in communication with saidreservoirs, substantially as and for the

